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Mark Twain National Forest


Metadata for MT-WILDERNESS

 

Table of Contents


 
Identification_Information
     Abstract 
     Purpose 
     Supplemental Information 
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
     Detailed Description
     Overview 
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Section



 

Identification_Information


Citation_Information 
    Originator: USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region, Mark Twain National Forest
    Publication_Date: June, 1986
    Title: Land and Resource Management Plan, Mark Twain National Forest
    Publication_Information
        Publication_Place: 
        Publisher: USDA Forest Service
    Scale_Denominator: 24,000
 
Description  
    Abstract
     
    Polygon coverage that delineates the Congressionally designated Wilderness
    within the Mark Twain National Forest.
     
    Purpose
     
    To show and represent where the Wilderness are located on the ground.
    General and specific analysis possible.
     
Supplemental_Information
    Procedures_Used
     
    Digital lines from the Cartographic Feature Files (CFFs) were used where
    the Wilderness boundary was represented by digital lines.  Polygon topology an
    were added so that the resulting coverage matched the Offical maps from the LR
     
    Revisions
     
    Revision 1.0
     
    Reviews_Applied
     
    Reviewed by the Forest Ecologist, GIS Coordinator, and Ranger Districts
     
    Related_Spatial_and_Tabular_Data_Sets
     
    None
     
    Other_References_Cited
     
    Land and Resource Management Plan, Mark Twain National Forest
     
    Notes
     
    None
     
Time_Period_of_Content
    Single_Date/Time
    Calendar_Date: 09/01/96
    Currentness_Reference
     
    Current as of September 1996.
     
Status
    Progress: n/a
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency
     
    None
     
Spatial_Domain
    Bounding_Coordinates
    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.67752454
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.38644241
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.68618649
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.62206231
 
Keywords
    Theme
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword:  Management areas, wilderness, congressionally designated wilderness
    Place
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword:  Wilderness Areas within the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri
    Stratum
        Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Stratum_Keyword:
    Temporal
        Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Temporal_Keyword:
 
Access_Constraints
 
None
 
Use_Constraints
 
Does not show any ownership, just the approximate boundary location.
 
Point_of_Contact: See Data_Set_Credit
 
Mark Twain National Forest
 
Security_Information
    Security_Classification_System: None
    Security_Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
    Security_Handling_Description: None
 
Native_Data_Set_Environment: AIX UNIX, ARC/INFO version 7.0.4
 
Cross_Reference
    Originator: n/a   Paddy Creek Wilderness
    Publication_Date: 
    Publication_Time: 
    Title: Eastern Wilderness Act Feb. 3, 1975 and PL 97-407 Jan. 3, 1983
    Edition: 
    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: 
    Series_Information
        Series_Name: 
        Issue_Identification: 
    Publication_Information
        Publication_Place: 
        Publisher: 
    Other_Citation_Details: 
    Online_Linkage: 
    Larger_Work_Citation: 

Cross_Reference Originator: n/a Hercules Glades Wilderness Publication_Date: Publication_Time: Title: Wilderness Act - PL 88-577, Sept. 3, 1964 and PL 94-557 Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
Cross_Reference Originator: 'n/a Piney Creek, Devils Backbone, Bell Mountain, Rock Pile Mountain Wilderness''' Publication_Date: Publication_Time: Title: Wilderness Act - PL 88-577 Sept3, 1964 and PL 96-560, Dec. 22, 1980 Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
Cross_Reference Originator: n/a Irish Wilderness Publication_Date: Publication_Time: Title: Wilderness Act PL88-577, Sept. 3, 1964 and PL 98-289 May 21, 1984 Edition: Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Series_Information Series_Name: Issue_Identification: Publication_Information Publication_Place: Publisher: Other_Citation_Details: Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation:
 
 

Data_Quality_Information


Attribute_Accuracy
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: See Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon and chain-node topology present.
 
Completeness_Report
 
Coverage includes those areas designated by law for Missouri.
 
Positional_Accuracy 
    Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy
        Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
         
        Digital lines represent a cartographic generalization of the actual wilderness
        boundaries. Digital lines may vary +- 100 feet of actual locations.  These
        boundaries are posted on the ground for the actual legal boundary.
         

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: meters Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Resolution as reported
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: n/a Lineage: See Cloud_Cover n/a
 

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information


Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 37 SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains' Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 8  
 

Spatial_Reference_Information


Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition 
 
    Planar
        Grid_Coordinate_System
        Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal_Transverse_Mercator (UTM)
           Zone_Number: 15
        Planar_Distance_Units: METERS
    Geodetic Model
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
        Ellipsoid_Name:  GRS1980
 



 

Entity_and_Attribute_Information


Detailed_Description 
    Entity_Type
    Entity_Type_Label: MT-WILDERNESS.NAR
    Entity_Type_Definition: description of the management area polygons
    Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Land and Resource Management Plan, Mark Twain National Forest
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: -
        Attribute_Definition: description of the management area polygons
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Land and Resource Management Plan, Mark Twain National Forest
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: -
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: AREA
        Attribute_Definition: Area of poly/region in square coverage units
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
        Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of poly/region in coverage units
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: Positive real numbers
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: MT-WILDERNESS#
        Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sequential unique positive integer
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: MT-WILDERNESS-ID
        Attribute_Definition: User-assigned feature number
        Attribute_Definition_Source: User-defined
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: Integer
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: DISTRICT
        Attribute_Definition: Forest Service Administrative Unit - Ranger District
        Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA Forest Service Manuals and Handbooks
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26,
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: MGTRX
        Attribute_Definition: Forest Plan Management Prescription
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Land and Resource Management Plan, Mark Twain National Forest
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5.1
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: MGT-SUB
        Attribute_Definition: identifier of individual management areas
        Attribute_Definition_Source: Land and Resource Management Plan, Mark Twain National Forest
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1 thruogh 99
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: NUMBER
        Attribute_Definition: unique polygon identifier made up of district,mgtrx,mgt-sub
        Attribute_Definition_Source: n/a
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: made from valid codes of the items used to construct this item
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: NAME
        Attribute_Definition: name of the Congressionally designated wilderness
        Attribute_Definition_Source: n/a
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: as designated
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
    Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: GIS-ACRES
        Attribute_Definition: calculated acre area of the polygon
        Attribute_Definition_Source: n/a
        Attribute_Domain_Values
            Enumerated_Domain
                Enumerated_Domain_Value: build topology, calc gis-acres = area * 0.0002471
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition
                Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
 
 Overview_Description 
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview 
     
    Input from this field is displayed in the
    Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description section of the
    FGDC Standard.
     
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Not Available
 



 

Distribution_Information


 
 



 

Metadata_Reference_Section


Metadata_Date: 19970505
Metadata_Contact: mschanta
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version:  19940608
Metadata_Time_Convention:  Local Time
Metadata_Security_Information:
    Metadata_Security_Classification_System:  None
    Metadata_Security_Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
    Metadata_Security_Handling_Description:  None
 



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